Motor vehicle



Od- '1931- J. c. M. MASSEY 1,827,397

MOTOR VEHI CLE Filed June 9, 1927 2 Skiraetsheei 1 Jwalv Oct. 13, 1931.J. c. M. MASSEY MOTOR VEHICLE Filed June 9, 1927 2 SheetsShet 2 era/i025Juan) azrlolsJ lalznwdtmaw ratented'o'ctlls, 19314;; 1 8 7 3 7 f v J AN-oARLos'MoL'mA MAs sE LoF nnRQGuRL ARGE TI NA,

Moron;

I Application filed-iunefi, 192?} seen. EJ197323;

My present inventionrelates to certain i1n- {I According maypresentinvention each of ,provements in motor vehicles ofthe type in""the circular'rails 4'is rotatably mounted on which the driving wheelscontact with the a spindle egtendingjoutwardly from one end? I inside ofand drive a circular'rail, its object offa-n arm 7, which; 'asin ay be-seen from 1 i I 5 being to provide means for supporting and Figure 2,slides-withinahushingf8 which guiding said circular rail with respect tothe is mounted at a respective end of an a Xle 9, i frame of the vehicleand also with respect to "in turni mounted for rotation in bearings 10 Vthe driving wheels; Y which are mounted' uponstheframe of the II Theinvention has other objects in view vehicle. The Thasan'abutm'ent11'there-.

10 which will be clearly understoodffrom' the on intermediateitseends,and relatively" ad-Ieo' following description and which areclearly""ja'cent ends of the springs 12-andL13-bear set forth inthe-appended claims; against it and the otherAends -bear against 1 Inorder that my present invention be; *th e ends of 'the'bushing sothatthe move 1 clearly understood and'ea'silyv carriedinto merits of thearms and the circular rails l 1 1 practice some preferred embodimentstheremounted thereon are independent and cusli-f 'esof have been shownin the appended drawioned hy theaction ofthe said springs! I I ingswherein, a i v ln the embodiment of the invention; shown s Figure 1 is aside view of anembodiment in Figure 3; the armsq7"are inade integra'l )1of the invention. I iwitlreachotherand withthe transverse axle Figure 2is a plan view of a portion -ther'e- I W' andSthe bea'rings I15,-"- forthe axle, are

of. I v mountedwithin the bushings 8' between the I v Figure 3 is aplanView of a modified form springs12f'and 13, so that theymay'slide'in ofthe invention. V I longitudinalslots '(not shown) in the bush; I I IFiguret shows a plan viewof a still fur ings therein and be cushioned insuch move- V ther modification. I I ment. I f I l V Figure 5 is a sideView of another'embodi- In the embodimentillustrated I in Figure I ment.i I 4, 'thecircular railssare-mounted- -to' rotate; a

Figure G is a side view of an embodiment upon the ends of a straightaxle9", which i [showing a novel link connection between the *mayirhoweverhefof angular form and is en-N 3Q axles of the driving wheeland' thecircular tirely free from the frame,being only con-e9 rail, and I vnected therewith by the engagement of the Figure 7 is a side View of anembodiment opposed spirings 1-2 and 13'. therewith; showing a connectionbetween the driving 1 In Figure 5; another embodiment is shown 7 iwheels and thecircular railsQ 7 in which the axle 9? of the circularrails 1 I s Similar characters of reference denote has connected to it:two rods 16 which pass f same or like parts throughoutthe saiddrawthrough bearings 17 upon the frame 1. Two ings. I collars 18 and'19.are adjustably mounted In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and uponeach of the said rods and springs 12 7' 2, 1 is the frame of thevehicle, 2 the front and 13 are arranged onthe rods and bear wheels and3 the driving wheels, said wheels against thebeari'ngs and against thesaid col- '90 which are'yieldably connected tothe frame. lars as'shown.

having outer teeth 5 which mesh with the I The axle of the drivingwheels and the axle I inner teeth 6 ofacirc'ular rail 4. 7 of thecircular rails may be connected as I The main feature of my presentinvention shown in Figure 6 by means of a link QO l consists in themanner in which the circular which allows for the longitudinal movements"9'5 1.

rail 4 is articulated with the frame of the of the circular rails andcompensates for va- I vehicle, which allows a relative displacementriations in the distance between the axles. I I

upwardly, forwardly, rearwardly an'ddow'n- The same result maybeaccomplished by wardly of the circular rail with respect tothe meansof the annular disc 21 fixed to the axle I frame. I

, of the circularrailsi thereby avoiding prob- FIDO: V

able separation of the driving wheels from the inner surface of theclrcular ralls.

It is obvious that many constructional and other changes may beintroduced without departing from the scope of my present inventionwhich has been clearly set forth in the appended claims.

Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my inventionand in What manner the same is to be carried into practice, I declarethat what I claim is:

1. A motor vehicle comprising a frame; a driving wheel mounted in saidframe for upward yielding movement; a circular rail, said wheel beingadapted to contact on the inside of and drive said rail; a bushing formounting and guiding said rail for forward end backward movement on saidframe; and means in said bushing for permitting longitudinal-tensionedmovement of the rail relative to the frame.

2. A motor vehicle comprising a frame; a driving wheel mounted insaidframe; a circular rail, said wheel being adapted to contact on theinside of and drive said rail; a bushing formounting and guiding saidrail on said frame, means mounting the bushing for up and down rockingmovement on the frame; and a pair of springs in said bushing forpermitting longitudinal-tensioned movement of the rail relative to theframe.

3. A motor vehicle comprising a frame; a driving wheel mounted in saidframe for upward yielding movement; a circular rail, said wheel beingadapted to contact on the inside of and drive said rail; and directmeans on the frame and connected with the rail for guiding andpermitting longitudinal-tensioned movement of said rail forwardly,

backwardly, upwardly and downwardly relative to the frame.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JUAN CARLOS MOLINA MASSEY.

